During consideration of the NRLC-backed Weldon-Stupak Human Cloning Prohibition Act (H.R. 2505), Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Ca.) offered a motion to gut the bill by allowing the cloning of human embryos for research into various specific diseases. NRLC opposed this motion, which failed, 175-251, Roll Call No. 303, July 31, 2001.